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  • Collage with picture of Scott Heiferman and Meetup.com graphics (State Dept.)

    Websites such as Meetup.com's Meetup Everywhere are helping people go beyond social networking to take concrete action on global challenges.

  • A group of refugees pose for a photo (Courtesy Photo)

    This feature showcases true stories of refugees starting over and of the Americans who helped them.

  • Young adults playing soccer (State Dept.)

    Democracy is Soccer? One filmmaker from Indonesia says yes. Watch his video and tell us what you think.

Feature Article

  •  Counselor Hortance Tshoma talks with an unidentified rape victim (AP Images)
    Clinton Condemns Rape of Congolese Civilians

    The United States will intensify its work with the United Nations and officials of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to protect Congolese citizens from abuses by rebel forces, Secretary of State Clinton says.

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  • The International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program helps train police in 38 countries.

Human Rights in Focus

On the Record

Quote BeginningAcross Africa, more citizens believe they now have the power and the duty to shape their own lives, to help their communities, to hold their governments accountable.End Quote

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to young African leaders, August 3, 2010

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